Episode 47 is a melancholy affair as Doug and Dirty A discuss the career of the late, great Robin Williams, who passed away on August 11th. Williams was one of the great entertainers and left us far too soon. There will never be another like him. Continue reading
Remember these guys?
While Doug puts the finishing touches on his review of the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, head on over to The Retroist and read his personal retrospective of the Turtles’ 30 year history! Continue reading
The original theatrical poster, to which children around the world screamed, “Who the hell are those guys?”
Going to see Trans4mers this weekend? Head on over to The Retroist first to read Doug‘s essay about the only GOOD Transformers film: 1986’s Transformers: The Movie!
http://www.retroist.com/2014/06/26/transformers-the-movie-the-only-good-transformers-film/
Thanks for reading!
Optimus Prime – He’s got “The Touch.”
In Episode 41, Doug and Dirty A discuss the hilarious 22 Jump Street as well as the TV drama that spawned the two Jump Street films. Then, they pivot deftly to discuss the career of Michael Jackson as well as his second posthumous album, XSCAPE. Continue reading
The Retroist has posted another one of Doug‘s essays. This one is in celebration of Batman’s 75th Anniversary and discusses what he considers to be the best cartoon of all: Batman: The Animated Series. Take a look: http://www.retroist.com/2014/06/10/batman-the-animated-series-dark-knight-defined/
When you’re done reading the essay, re-visit Episode 32, which was all about Batman and if you really need to scratch that Batman itch, continue with Episode 22, our Cartoon Spectacular!
Thanks for reading!
Episode 32 of The Hodgepodge Podcast is all about Batman as Dirty A and I are joined by friend of the show Matt King to discuss the Dark Knight’s 75th anniversary. The discussion mainly focuses on Batman’s various incarnations in popular media, but we get some comic book talk in there as well. If you love the Caped Crusader, this episode is for you! Thanks for listening and enjoy! Continue reading
Hey everybody! As you probably know, the Oscars are this weekend (Sunday, 3/2) and Dirty A and I will be live-blogging the whole shebang! Join us for our witty comments as well as our laments at who should have won the big awards. We’ll be right here, 7PM EST. See you there!
– Doug
In Episode 25, Dirty A and I discuss both the 1987 original and current reboot of RoboCop.
Then we turn our talk to our current TV obsession, HBO’s True Detective. Continue reading
In lucky Episode 13, Dirty A and I discuss Oldboy – both the Chan-wook Park original cult classic as well as Spike Lee’s new remake.
Then, we take a trip in the TARDIS to talk about the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who as well as “Day of the Doctor.”
BE WARNED: This episode is rife with SPOILERS for both Oldboy films as well as “Day of the Doctor.” If you haven’t seen these yet and don’t want them spoiled for you, best to hold off and check back once you’ve seen them. You have been warned!
As always, thanks for listening and enjoy!
Doug
The audio for this episode has moved to The Hodgepodge Podcast Archive, so follow the link and listen there!
In Episode 5, Television Strikes Back as Dirty A and I discuss our Summer TV Wrap Up and Fall TV Preview.
First though, we talk about not only one of the best comedies of the year, but one of the best films in general: Enough Said starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini.
This episode was a little late in getting posted – hey, life happens – so please forgive any references to “last week” or “this week” or anything else that might date the episode.
Thanks for listening and enjoy!
Doug
The audio file for this episode has been moved to The Hodgepodge Podcast Archive, so click the link and listen there!
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